cgminer on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: February 08,2025

1. Install "cgminer" effortlessly via AUR with the help of a helper(YAY)

a. Install YAY (https://github.com/Jguer/yay)


    
        
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                sudo pacman -S --needed git base-devel && git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git && cd yay && makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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b. Install cgminer on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall cgminer on Arch using YAY

2. Manually Install "cgminer" via AUR

a. Ensure you have the base development tools and git installed with:


    
        
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                sudo pacman -S --needed
            
                        
                base-devel git
            
                    
    
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b. Clone cgminer's git locally


    
        
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                git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/cgminer.git 
            
                        
                ~/cgminer
            
                    
    
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c. Go to ~/cgminer folder and install it


   
    
        
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                cd
            
                        
                ~/cgminer
            
                    
    
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                makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the cgminer package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 1048643
Name: cgminer
PackageBaseID: 166545
PackageBase: cgminer
Version: 4.11.1-10
Description: Multi-threaded multi-pool GPU, FPGA and ASIC miner for bitcoin
URL: http://ck.kolivas.org/apps/cgminer/
NumVotes: 3
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer:
Submitter: arojas
FirstSubmitted: 1620464678
LastModified: 1646818664
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/cgminer.tar.gz